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2012: "ACHTUNG! HERE COMES DOUBLE TROUBLE". The Diary. Irish Independent. May, 2012 You won't be able to escape Jedward this week. RTE and TV3 are both planning specials on the twins' European bid and on Wednesday they perform last in the second semi-final of the song contest. We just hope they don't lose their voices talking 'a mile a minute' to the bemused foreign press out in Dusseldorf. "If that happens, we'll just get Louis to put a 'Jedward' on and bring him in on as a substitute," Jedward warned as they left me at the departure gate in Dublin Airport...

2010: MaBy's daughter flies in the face of feat to back mum. The Diary. Irish Independent.  13th November, 2010. THE daughter of 'The X Factor' star Mary Byrne has revealed how she will conquer her fear of flying today to support her mother. Deborah Byrne boards a plane today in Dublin Airport en route to tonight's 'The X Factor' show. The 23-year-old says that after weeks of putting it off, her place now is at her mother's side. "Flying really scares me but I'm just going to have to get over it. It will be my first time on a...

2010: HI GUYS, HAVE YOU MET MY NEW LOVE YOKO? The Diary, Irish Independent, December 11th, 2010 Painted this year by Roy Wallace, John Introduces His New Love (right) sums up the mixed feelings some Beatles fans have towards his widow Yoko Ono. As Irish DJ Ann-Marie Walsh found out five years ago when Today FM sent her onto the streets of Dublin to ask the public their thoughts on the 25th anniversary of Lennon's murder. One told Kelly: "Five bullets fired and not one hit Yoko?" This was gleaned from The Beatles and Ireland by Michael Lynch & Damian Smyth (Collins Press)...

2014: PARTING SHOT. The Journal.ie 13th September, 2014 People are continuing to pay tribute to Ian Paisley today and this print by Dublin artist Ray Sherlock has been flying off the shelves today. Owner of Balla Ban Art Gallery in Dublin said: "I never thought I would see the day when I would be selling paintings and prints of Rev Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams together".

2014: WHILE STOCKS LAST. Broadsheet.ie 22nd August, 2014 Accepting the challenge of diversification at the Balla Bán Art Gallery, Westbury Mall, Dublin